Local sayings, now in the time of COVID19 :(

[RealAvalon]

Word of the day: OPSOMANIA - a longing for one particular food and no other will do

[+ azdr0710]

Word of the day: OPSOMANIA - a longing for one particular food and no other will do

 

in what local area do they use that word??

[+ Just Sayin]

I was in Chicago and heard "youse" a few times

[+ Just Sayin]

I think I picked this up when living in Iowa and actually used it recently when new furniture arrived at my local Starbucks: "It's just like downtown."

[RealAvalon]

Did anyone else as a kid say you were 'sufficiently suffonsified' when you'd had enough to eat?

[Rudynate]

Did anyone else as a kid say you were 'sufficiently suffonsified' when you'd had enough to eat?

No, I just said I was full.

[+ E.T.Bass]

Anyone who listens to SoCal traffic reports knows the terms "lookie-loo" and "Sig alert."

....and how in So Cal they add "the" in front of the road.

1. The 405 is jammed.
   
2. Right 2 lanes blocked on the 710.
   
3. The 101 is backed up to the Cahuenga Pass .
   

[+ E.T.Bass]

Where I grew up we'd have a bottle of "pop". And our aunt was pronounced same as the red ant or fire ant. Most places say aunt same as the word on followed by a "t".

[+ azdr0710]

[+ azdr0710]

[+ azdr0710]

[+ azdr0710]

[mike carey]

"It's just like downtown."

I can remember using the expression 'just like a bought one' as if a commercial product was better than a home made one.

...and how in So Cal they add "the" in front of the road.

Here roads are usually referred to by a name (with a 'the'), even when they have a number. The major motorways in Sydney are usually referred to as the M4, M5, M7 and so on, and now that major roads in NSW have been given M, A and B road numbers some of them are referred to by their number. Near the Queensland border what had been the Pacific Highway (Highway 1), but has now been upgraded to motorway standard (dual carriage way, limited access) is now mentioned in traffic reports as the M1 Pacific Motorway. In the UK roads are routinely referred to by their letter and number designator, so the main road north from London is 'the A1'.

[+ Charlie]

Everyone in Philly knows where you are going when you're "heading down the shore."

[+ bashful]

Going up north. Means you're going to northern Wisconsin, also called the north woods, or northern Michigan, U P (upper peninsula). Those from the UP are called Yoopers.

[+ E.T.Bass]

 

When I lived in Atlanta us midwesterners were schooled by coworkers that it was coke not pop (my inside voice was like "WTF, coke?" In some parts they'd even use "co-cola" But that was long ago.

[+ azdr0710]

When I lived in Atlanta us midwesterners were schooled by coworkers that it was coke not pop (my inside voice was like "WTF, coke?" In some parts they'd even use "co-cola" But that was long ago.

 

yes, even outside the south, "Coke" may be used as a generic term for any soft drink......of course, until a few years ago, the "P" word (Pepsi) was nearly illegal in the south or, at least, in Atlanta

[+ E.T.Bass]

yes, even outside the south, "Coke" may be used as a generic term for any soft drink......of course, until a few years ago, the "P" word (Pepsi) was nearly illegal in the south or, at least, in Atlanta

Oh FiddleDeeDee!! My Atlanta coworker Billy (who was so sweet to this Yankee and would always turn my head)

might refer to soda pop

 

 

 

 

 

however he wanted. I only loved seeing him smile and listening to whatever he said with that Georgia accent.

Oops I guess that belongs in another thread.

So another saying I learned down around Atlanta was to cut up.

 

To cut up might be found elsewhere, but I'd never heard it before arriving in Norcross. Referred to stirring up a bit of fun, perhaps some harmless good natured mischief.

[RealAvalon]

Oh FiddleDeeDee!! My Atlanta coworker Billy (who was so sweet to this Yankee and would always turn my head)

might refer to soda pop

 

 

 

 

 

however he wanted. I only loved seeing him smile and listening to whatever he said with that Georgia accent.

Oops I guess that belongs in another thread.

So another saying I learned down around Atlanta was to cut up.

 

To cut up might be found elsewhere, but I'd never heard it before arriving in Norcross. Referred to stirring up a bit of fun, perhaps some harmless good natured mischief. I only wish Billy had let our own mischief go a step farther, as I've heard goes on with some of those boys.

A 'cut up' is a joker where I am from. Someone that can make a joke and get the room laughing, a bit of a comedian.

[+ pitman]

I spent my adolescence in Rochester NY. Hateful straight folks often use the expression "pousty" referring to gay men. Never heard it anywhere else. I googled it and its Greek. Interesting, because one never thinks of Rochester as being Greek, although most of the coffee shop restaurants used to be Greek-owned.

And one of the largest suburbs of Rochester is Greece.

[Rudynate]

And one of the largest suburbs of Rochester is Greece.

 

 

As a matter of fact, my family lived in Greece.

[BasketBaller]

Everyone in Philly knows where you are going when you're "heading down the shore."

Baltimoreans, and some Washingtonians, head to Ocean City MD or the Delaware beaches and say they're "going down the ocean," but it sounds more like "going downy ocean."

[+ bashful]

Party store.

A SE Michigan term for a small independent store that sells beer, wine, liquor, cigarettes, snacks, and some grocery items.

[Boink]

Worthless as tits on a boar!

 

LOL - I've always heard this as "Tits on a nun" or "Tits on a bull". You don't even need the 'Worthless as...'.

[RealAvalon]

LOL - I've always heard this as "Tits on a nun" or "Tits on a bull". You don't even need the 'Worthless as...'.

I've heard that as "useless as tits on a boar"

and then there is always "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"